use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; my %opts = ( 'NAME' => 'Pod::POM', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'lib/Pod/POM.pm', 'EXE_FILES' => [ 'bin/pom2', 'bin/podlint' ], 'dist' => { 'COMPRESS' => 'gzip', 'SUFFIX' => 'gz', }, ); if ($ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION >= 5.43) { $opts{ AUTHOR } = 'Andy Wardley '; $opts{ ABSTRACT } = 'POD Object Model', } WriteMakefile( %opts );